Climate Emergency Mixtape’s Naveen Koomar Wants His Rap To Give You Something...
The Delhi-based rapper behind Vann Katte for the Climate Emergency Mixtape talks about finding his way to hip-hop through radio, making anti-caste music out of anger and assertion, and how climate...
View ArticleThe Privilege Of Being Boring
The past few days have been disturbing, to say the least. I kept thinking I should write about everything that happened. The Kalkaji gang rape. The Jamui case. The cases in Bihar that followed in...
View ArticleDo I Need To Go Through Humiliation For Getting My Right To Vote?
My experience with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Hyderabad has been unexpectedly unsettling. I have lived in Hyderabad for several years, and there have now been two or three...
View ArticleYouth Ki Awaaz is Hiring a Climate Policy Fellow
Location: DelhiExperience: 8+ yearsType: Full-time About Youth Ki Awaaz Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) is India’s largest civic participation platform for young people, a space to tell their own stories, engage...
View ArticleYouth Ki Awaaz is Hiring a Campaign Manager
Location: Delhi (preferred)Experience: 8+ yearsType: Full-time About Youth Ki Awaaz Youth Ki Awaaz (YKA) is India’s largest civic participation platform for young people, a space to tell their own...
View ArticleBeing a woman in hip hop and Maharashtra’s newest climate anthem: Meet Devanshi!
Devanshi talks about learning to survive a male-dominated scene as the first female Malvani rapper, the politics she wants her music to hold and the inception of her Marathi climate anthem, Nisargacha...
View ArticleWinners Announced: #LoveWithoutLabels: A Writing Contest On The Many Ways We...
When we at Youth Ki Awaaz and Zubaan Publishers asked you about love, we knew we wouldn’t get one answer, because love rarely means just one thing. That is what made reading the entries to...
View ArticleFrom Eminem to Kannada Hip-Hop: How Kali Gave Bengaluru its Climate Anthem
The Bengaluru rapper behind ‘Neer Kodu’ talks about growing up with water scarcity, finding hip-hop in his neighbourhood, and making political rap within Indian hip hop accessible. Kali remembers a...
View ArticleCrown Shyness, Like Trees That Do Not Touch
#LoveWithoutLabels Riya was certain another pregnancy scare would crack her up, just as I was sure another man who would suggest “this is just a phase” would push me off the metaphorical cliff I said...
View ArticleThe Friend I Met On A Night Of Violence
It was around eleven at night when a message appeared on my phone. “You’re not asleep, are you?” I replied, “No?” It was the night of the Delhi riots in 2020. The message had come from Rukhsat (a...
View ArticleContest Open: #BodyLanguage: A Writing Contest On Living In Our Bodies
When people see you, do you feel seen or do you feel judged first? Maybe it was being told to "sit properly" because you were a girl, or hearing relatives comment on how much weight you'd gained...
View Article#WorkMachinesAndWhoDecides: A Storytelling Programme For Young Indians |...
Applications open until: August 31, 2026 We are entering and navigating the workforce at a moment when work itself is being rewritten. Some of the jobs young people are doing today did not have a name...
View Article15 Stories That Imagine The India Young People Dream Of
As India marks its 80th Independence Day, it is worth asking: what does India look like in the dreams of its young people? Across the country, young people are imagining, questioning and rethinking...
View Article#AppSeAapTak: A Storytelling Fellowship for Gig Workers | Applications Open
Applications Open till: August 25, 2026Fellowship: September 7– October 4, 2026 We hear a lot about gig work, platforms, algorithms, and flexibility. But behind every delivery, ride, order, or service...
View ArticleThe Climate Emergency Mixtape: Six Voices, One Crisis, No Apologies
In the Aravalli hills, where the ridge that has shaped Delhi's climate for centuries is being quietly worn down, Naveen writes about what disappears when a hill disappears. Nearly two thousand...
View ArticleCan We Fight Terrorism With Stereotypes Instead Of Evidence?
Trigger Warning: Mentions of terrorism, religious profiling, and wrongful incarceration. Terrorism is one of the gravest threats any democracy can face. That is precisely why democracies cannot afford...
View ArticleYouth Ki Awaaz is Hiring A Research Consultant – Social and Civic Issues
Important: Candidates without experience in quantitative research, statistical/data analysis, and technical tools such as R, Python, or equivalent will be rejected at the screening stage. Please...
View ArticleYouth Ki Awaaz is Hiring a Research Consultant – Tech Policy
Important: Candidates without experience in quantitative research, statistical/data analysis, and technical tools such as R, Python, or equivalent will be rejected at the screening stage. Please...
View ArticleYouth Ki Awaaz Is Hiring A Research Analyst
Important: Candidates without experience in quantitative research, statistical/data analysis, and technical tools such as R, Python, or equivalent will be rejected at the screening stage. Please...
View ArticleAssam Isn’t Drowning, Assam Has Drowned
Assam isn’t drowning, Assam has drowned. Drowned because whatever visuals and videos that have been documented and are being put up on the internet have been deeply disturbing and heartbreaking to say...
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